WWE’s 'Raw' Dominates TV Twitter Charts

By R. Thomas Umstead
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WWE’s Monday Night Raw pinned down the biggest TV Twitter audience last night (Aug. 17), according to Nielsen.

The live three-hour show, which helped the WWE promote its upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event this Sunday, drew 170,000 tweets reaching 2.5 million unique Twitter users to top all TV shows on Aug. 17, said network officials.

MTV’s Teen Wolf finished second with 1.1 million unique Twitter users but posted the most tweets of any show for the night with 233,000. VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta was third with 168,000 tweets reaching 1.1 million unique Twitter users.

ABC’s Bachelor In Paradise and ABC Family’s The Fosters rounded out the top five, according to Nielsen.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.